Intimal sarcoma of the lower pulmonary vein diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (EBUS-FNA): A case report and comprehensive literature review.

Intimal sarcoma of blood vessels is a rare, aggressive tumor originating from vascular endothelial cells. This report presents a 22-year-old male diagnosed with an intimal sarcoma of the lower pulmonary vein, detailing diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis information. Additionally, this report explores the application application of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (EBUS-FNA) alongside with Rapid Remote Online Evaluation (ROLE) for identifying a mass-like lesion in the pulmonary vein.

[Sustainable Handling of OR Waste - a Difficult Issue with Great Potential].

Surgical interventions often result in large amounts of waste. Contaminated waste must not be separated in recyclable fractions but must directly be burned for thermal recycling. Clinical waste is classified according to the potential dangers in accordance with the European Waste List (EWL).

[A race we must win: reuse of disposable products in the operating theater : The example of a nearly failed recycling concept].

Climate change due to the carbon footprint left by the modern lifestyle has become an irrefutable topic in today's media. The healthcare sector alone contributes ca. 5% of the world's CO emissions of which 25% comes from the operating theater.

Large left innominate vein aneurysm presenting as an anterior mediastinal tumour in a young female.

We report a rare case of large innominate vein aneurysm in a young women clinically presenting with persistent dry cough and retrosternal pressure. Chest X-ray showed a mediastinal widening leading to thoracic computed tomography, MRI, and phlebography. Initial conservative treatment with regular follow-up was performed.

Surgical technique of lower lobe lung transplantation.

Among patients with end-stage lung disease awaiting lung transplantation, pediatric and small adult patients have a significantly lower chance of getting size-matched pulmonary grafts in time because of the severe scarcity of small donors. It is our strategy to perform lobar lung transplantations in small recipients with restrictive pulmonary disease once their clinical status demands urgent transplantation. Here we describe our surgical technique and discuss the benefits and risks of this procedure.